Anon. [Allestree, Richard].

The Gentleman’s Calling & Private Devotions. Written by the Author of The Whole Duty of Man.

London, Printed for R. Norton for Robert Pawlet, 1679. 18 x 11 cm. Engraved frontispiece, title page, (20) [Preface], 155 pages [Gentleman’s Calling], title page, pages 159 – 165 [Private Devotions], (2) [Bookseller’s List], (4) [blank]. Contemporary fine black morocco. Gilt decorations. Red spine label with gilt title. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges age darkened. Internally dust dulled, but otherwise clean. A nice copy in a sturdy binding.

Addison, C.G. [Charles Greenstreet].

The Knights Templars.

Second Edition. London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1842. 20 x 13 cm. xv, 559 pages. With a Frontispiece, title page vignette and four additional Plates. Modern quarter morroco over marbled boards. Black spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear to binding. Text block with some edgewear and minor paper losses to first and last few pages. A few pages protruding. Small sticker with name and address of previous owner on front paste down. Occasional mild foxing and damp staining. See images.

Ceremonial Magic / Osiris / The Holy Kabbalah / Witchcraft Magic & Alchemy / Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death. Five Titles of ‘The Library of Mystic Arts’.

New York, University Press, 1961, 1961, 1960, 1958 & 1961. c. 23 x 17 cm. All original cloth hard covers, inside original dust jackets and clear archival jackets. Very good condition.

Agricola, Ignatio.

Historia Provinciae Societatis Jesu Germaniae Superioris. Pars Secunda Ab Anno 1591. ad 1600. Authore Ignatio Agricola, Societatis Jesu Sacerdote. Superiorum Permissu.

Auguste Vindelicorum / Monachij [Augsburg / Munich], Martini Happach & Franc. Xaver Schlueter / Mariae Magdalenae Riedlin, 1729. Folio [33 x 20 cm]. Title page with Vignette, (2) [Facultas R.P. Provincialis and Praefatio], 352 pages, (10) [Index], (1) [Errata]. [2, A2-Z2, Aa2-Zz2, Aaa2-Zzz2, Aaaa2-Xxxx, 1]. Some woodcut vignettes and leading letters. See comments below. Contemporary full calf. Good condition. Binding worn and spine missing (see images). Binding weak with first few pages being lose. Some edgewear. Mild foxing and occasional damp staining. See images.

F. Ternisien D’Haudricourt.

Fastes De La Nation Française [Records of the French Nation].

Two Volumes. Paris, au Bureau de l’Auteur, ND, [c. 1815]. 28 x 21 cm. Unpaginated. Engraved throughout. No title page in either volume. First volume: blank, coloured plate [Les Princes Allies], frontispiece [Plan de Paris, 1814], 34 engraved plates, blank / Second volume: blank, 33 engraved plates, blank. Contemporary fine full calf. Gilt and blind decorations. No spine labels. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Binding tight. Rubbed and bumped (see images). One of the volumes lacks the front free end paper. Blank Ex Libris sticker on front paste downs of both volumes. Some dust dulling. Very clean plates (see sample images).

Haliday, Charles / Prendergast, John P. (editor).

The Scandinavian Kingdom of Dublin.

First Edition. Dublin, Alex. Thom & Co, 1881. c. 24.5 x 15.5 cm. cxxiii, 300 pages. Complete with seven folding maps / plates, as listed. Contemporary textured brown cloth. Blind decorations and gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine ends frayed. Front free end paper missing. Binding weak, but holding. Mild foxing to first and last few pages. All maps in excellent condition.

[Wilson].

The Post Chaise Companion or Traveller’s Directory through Ireland. Containing a new & accurate Description of the direct and principal Cross Roads, with particulars of the Noblemen & Gentlemen’s Seats, Cities, Towns, Parks, Natural Curiosities, Antiquities, Castles, Ruins, Manufactures, Loughs, Glens, Harbours &c &c. Forming An Historical & Descriptive Account of the Kingdom, to which is added a Travelling Dictionary, or Alphabetical Tables, showing the Distances of all the Principal Cities, Boroughs, Market & Sea Port Towns in Ireland from each other. The 3rd Edition, corrected and enlarged, with an entire new set of Plates.

Third Edition. Dublin, Printed & Published by J. & J.H. Fleming, 1803. 20 x 12 cm. xxvii, 660 pages, (19) [Index]. With a frontispiece, a map and four additional plates, some folding. Modern quarter morroco. Gilt title and decorations to spine. Spine label. New end papers. Speckled edges. Very good condition. Sound new binding with minor shelf wear. Overall age darkened. Some foxing/browning. Map in poor condition. Overall a very good, complete copy of this reference book.

The Rev. John Francis Shearman.

Loca Patriciana. An Identification of Localities, Chiefly in Leinster, visited by Saint Patrick and his Assistant Missionaries and of some contemporary Kings and Chieftains. With an Essay on the Three Patricks, Palladius, Sen Patrick, and Patrick Mac Calphurn. Apostles of Ireland in the fifth Century.

Dublin, M.H. Gill & Son, 1882. 25 x 15 cm. xiii, 495 pages. With a frontispiece. With folding Plates. Modern fine half morroco over marbled boards. Spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. Binding as new. New end papers. Edges dust dulled. First few pages mildly foxed and damp stained. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy in a solid binding.

Hallam, Henry.

The Constitutional History of England [George Bellew Binding]. From the Accesion of Henry VII to the Death of George II.

Fifth Edition. Two Volumes. London, John Murray, 1846. 21 x 14 cm. Vol.1: xv, 719 pages / Vol.2: viii, 624 pages. Uniform green morroco by G. Bellew, Dublin. Binders stamp in gilt on front past down. Elaborate gilt decorations. Decorated end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubing and bumping. Occasional mild staining to edges. Prize paper label on front paste donw. Internally bright and clean. Overall a very nice set in a lovely sturdy binding.

Wood-Martin, W.G.

The Rude Stone Monuments of Ireland. (Co. Sligo and the Island of Achill).

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges, Figgis, & Co., 1888. c. 25.5 x 15.5 cm. xvii, 268 pages. Later cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Only minor shelf wear to binding. First pages, incl. the old wrapper very edge worn (see images), otherwise very bright and clean internally. Last few Index pages missing (Index ends at ‘N’).